C H I E F E X E C U T I V E
It is always hard to win an international
match away from home, especially if it is out
of season, but back in February the England
team, captained by James Harper, were
preparing for extra time when a penalty in
the dying moments gave New Zealand
victory (page 53).
Thanks to support from Nick Porter we
managed to field an England 14-goal team in
Chantilly for the qualifiers for the FIP World
Championships (page 60). The team, which
combined youth and experience, managed to
win all their games and thus qualify for
Sydney in October along with Spain. At the
same time an England team took part in the
FIP European 12-goal Ladies Championships
and managed to beat the eventual winners,
Italy, in their first game but came fourth
after a penalty shoot-out.
In England, the season is now underway
with more rain than sun, but the former has
been much needed. Although there are only
a few less teams in the 22-goal, and entries
are up in the 18- and 15-goal, a lot of familiar
faces are missing from polo this season due
to visa changes, which we reported on in
the previous issue.
England will once again play Ireland
at the Beaufort test match and then face
a Commonwealth team in the Coronation
Cup at Guards Polo Club on Saturday 29
July. After that match, an inaugural Ladies’
International will be played on The
Queen’s Ground.
P G H L A P A L M E R A I E P O L O C L U B , M O R O C C O
Earlier this year, 15 polo players from California and Rhode Island were welcomed at
the PGH La Palmeraie Polo Club on the northern coast of Morocco for a fantastic
week of polo. The club and beach-fronted hamlet, built by Patrick Guerrand-Hermès
to introduce polo to Morocco, is a stunning polo destination where more than 200
PGH top-bred polo ponies are played from March to October, with a variety of
all-inclusive polo vacations available at all levels. To end the week, the Morocco La
Palmeraie Team narrowly defeated the San Diego Craig Venter Polo Team and the
Newport PGH Polo Team to win the La Palmeraie Tajine Cup with a 1 goal advantage.
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P O N Y L I N E S
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C O R O N A T I O N C U P
The Hurlingham Polo
Association has confirmed
that England will play
a Commonwealth team in
a rematch for the Royal Salute
Coronation Cup on Saturday
29 July at Guards Polo Club.
For the first time, there will
be a ladies international, playing
for The Diamond Jubilee Trophy
after the Coronation Cup.
David Woodd, Chief Executive
of the HPA said: ‘Women’s polo
is growing fast worldwide and
the introduction of ladies’
handicaps has been a great
boost for ladies’ polo.’
Fred Mannix Jr, left, lifts the
trophy after captaining last
year’s winning team.
For tickets visit:
coronationcuppolo.com
